Google Guice: Agile Lightweight Dependency Injection Framework (Firstpress) (Paperback)

~ Robbie Vanbrabant (Author)
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Product Description

Guice (pronounced "Juice") is the 100% Java icing on the cake of Java dependency injection. Unlike other popular DI frameworks such as Spring, Guice fully embraces modern Java language features and combines simplicity with stunning performance and developer-friendliness.

Google Guice: Agile Lightweight Dependency Injection Framework will not only tell you "how," it will also tell you "why" and "why not," so that all the knowledge you gain will be as widely applicable as possible. Filled with examples and background information, this book is an invaluable addition to your knowledge of modern agile Java.

• Learn simple annotation-driven dependency injection, scoping and AOP, and why it all works the way it works.
• Be the first to familiarize yourself with concepts that are likely to be included in a future Java EE or SE release (through JSR 299).
• Get things done without having to write any XML.

What you'll learn

• Find out why dependency injection frameworks solve your problems, and how Guice fills that gap.
• What Guice can do, can't do and how to apply that knowledge.
• How Guice compares to popular alternatives like the Spring Framework.
• What the future has in store, including Guice IDE, the next Guice version and the standardization of Guice's concepts through JSR 299.
• How you can build real world, Guice-powered web applications using popular frameworks like Wicket or Struts 2.
• How to develop a full stack Guice / Struts 2 / Hibernate application.
• What you can really do with modern Java.

Who is this book for?

This book is for professional Java developers who are interested in dependency injection, modern Java coding practices and who want to tackle complexity with a simple, powerful and high-quality solution that already powers one of Google's highest profile applications: AdWords. This may be an alternative to Spring for many.

About the Author

Robbie Vanbrabant is an experienced Java developer and professional Java consultant based in Belgium. He's a well known Guice user and active member of the Guice community.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Apress (April 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590599977
• ISBN-13: 978-1590599976
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #519,513 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A speedy introduction, a bit outdated, March 21, 2009

By	Trevor Burnham (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This is a thin book that was churned out quickly, like all in the Firstpress series. There are some errors, and the topic isn't covered in great depth. On the other hand, it's the only book out there strictly devoted to Guice. So if you really want to learn Guice quickly, this book will help.

On the other hand, the much-improved (and much-different) Guice 2.0 is currently in beta. As is Spring 3.0, which has a far richer feature set (some might call it absurdly large) than Guice; the two aren't exclusive, but if you use Spring, you should ask whether you really need to add Guice. And an upcoming book, Dependency Injection in Action (which you can buy an early eBook of through Manning's MEAP program) covers Guice more thoroughly. So if you do get this book, it might not be useful for very long.

[Edit: Guice 2.0 has now been released. I'd avoid this book and learn the new version instead.]

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Full of errors, November 29, 2008

By	JK Oregon (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This book has the potential for being useful, but it contains numerous errors, typos, incorrect references, etc. In addition, the explanations are not helpful unless you already know Guice or Spring. So, if you're coming to Guice without having worked with DI framework before, this book will serve only to confuse you further.

Perhaps the final edition of this book will improve, but this version is very weak.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars RE: a very good book about a great framework, May 27, 2008

By	Troy J. Taillefer "iron33" (Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

(DI) Dependancy Injection is critical to doing test driven development there are many DI frameworks but none are as simple to use, lightweight and as type safe as guice. The author does a very good job helping you get started using guice and even shows some advanced features of guice. If your into test driven development you owe it to yourself to check out how guice can make your life easier.